Sequencing a Story – There was an Old Lady who Swallowed a Bat

Created By: Brenda Jasper

Activity Overview

– Students will listen to the story There was An Old Lady who Swallowed a Bat, by Lucille Colandro. I took pictures of the objects that she swallowed in the story and put them under the grid mat. I would then have the students program the Bee-bot to go to the objects in the order that she swallowed them. The second time that we did it they drew a number and then went to item she swallowed the corresponded with the number. They also practiced using the words, first, second, etc.

Activity Objectives

Students will
Send the Bee-bot to the objects the old woman swallowed in the same order as in the story
Draw a number and send the Bee-bot to the object that corresponded to the number.

Concepts Addressed

· sequencing
· ordinal numbers
Extensions/Adaptations – We could also use the story There was an Old Woman who swallowed a Fly, There was an Old Woman who Swallowed a Trout and I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie

Literature -

There was an Old Woman Who Swallowed a Bat by Lucile Colandro
Optional -
There was an Old Lady who swallowed a Fly by Pam Adams
I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie by Alison Jackson
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Trout by Teri Sloat and Reynold Ruffins

Web Resources http://www.teachingheart.net/oldladybat.html http://www.mrsnelsonsclass.com/teacherresources/storylessons/therewasanoldlady.aspx http://www.speakingofspeech.com/PDFs/OldLadyRhyming.pdf http://www.mathwire.com/seasonal/battyol.pdf

Materials needed –

Picture of the objects in the story; Grid Mat; Bee-bots; book